AFRI 1001 Lecture Notes - Zora Neale Hurston, Lois Mailou Jones, Countee Cullen

• School: Carleton University
• Department: African Studies
• Course: AFRI 1001

Document Summary

Era of unprecedented amount of literature, art sculpture, music. Blackness can be a political state, it"s a sense of recognizing bias against blackness and wonderful aspects, and fighting for rights of african americans, empowerment, confidence and being just as good at these things as anyone else. Lead to larger black population in new york. Harlem: largest concentration of black people in the us. Du bois and marcus garvey: leaders of renaissance. Art would bridge the gap between white and black. Art as common ground where humanity would present itself. Emphasis was on producing high art : visual art, novels, orchestral works. Even though black people weren"t equal in the law, he argued that him and his fella"s could provide potential for black equality. Artist, focusing on african masks and textiles. Greatest contribution was proof of the talent of black artists . Explored the challenge of being african with no ties to the continent.